Puppy pics

At last! I forgot to take the film into town to get developed last week.

This is Berry with puppies at a couple of days old. There are four black ones (a bit hard to spot them all) and a grey one and a patchwork one.






The photo above probably shows them off best. There is a jet black puppy, then the patchwork, then two duller blacks, then the grey, then another black pup with a white spot on his back.




Can't you just see her thinking, "can't a new mother get a moments privacy"! That's Berry's curly coat on her side not her ribs although she was very thin after whelping. She's was on four meal a day trying to fatten her up without over loading her system but is down to three a day now. Probably impossible to fatten her while she is feeding six of them. They are looking very rotund!



And this is the father, Diesel, skulking off to the garden before he gets roped in for puppy minding!

Puppies are now with Berry in the run outside and are almost 2 weeks old. Their eyes are just starting to open but they can't really see anything yet. That will happen rapidly over the next couple of days. They still "paddle" about on their tummies but are starting to get their legs actually underneath them so will probably become mobile in about a week.

I can't get photos in the doghouse because I'm too close but by next week, I think they'll be venturing out so get ready for another batch of photos.